Idiom Practice 5

This quiz keeps the idioms coming, with 10 sentences each missing a single key word.

You fill in lines like They hired a new manager to get the ball ___ on that project. or OK people, it's crunch ___! which helps these expressions stick in your memory.

A literal origin sits behind one of them: burning the midnight oil dates to the days before electricity, when working late really did mean keeping an oil lamp lit well past dark. The image of late nights simply stuck around.

Recommended level: intermediate.